Witch Degentrification

Wanting to keep urban s**tholes at urban s**tholes is the epitome of “Social Justice”, especially for pasty White people. Invoking witchcraft to invoke a “protective spell” over that urban s**thole, though, brings it to the next level of craziness:

“It might take a divine intervention to slow the spread of gentrification and rise of new ‘luxury’ apartments through Logan Square. In the meantime, a trio of performers collectively called WITCH plan to address the Northwest Side neighborhood’s changing face in their own way: by putting a ‘hex’ and ‘protective spell’ on the area.

Worst LARP ever!

Of course, they aren’t even real witches, just a bunch of poseur cosplayers:

“But is it performance art, social justice, a literal pagan ritual, or something else? Chiara Galimberti, 34, says it’s a mix of art and protest.

“‘We think of it in the art realm,’ she said, but the group also envisions elements of social justice playing a part in it, she told Chicagoist.

“‘We are calling them actions because it brings a level of seriousness and attention to the social justice aspects,’ Jessica Caponigro, 31 added. ‘We’re not sitting around playing dress up.'”